Sida cordata (Burm.f.) Borssum.
Common Name : Heartleaf fanpetals
Family : Malvaceae

HABIT |
PROSTRATE OR DECUMBENT, ASCENDING HERB. |
STEMS |
UPTO 50 CM TALL, SLENDER, OFTEN WITH WOODY BASE, TRAILING, DENSELY STELLATE-PUBESCENT. |
LEAVES |
SIMPLE, ALTERNATE, 1.5 CM LONG AND 1-5 CM WIDE, ORBICULAR TO OVATE, BASE SHALLOWLY CORDATE, APEX ACUTE OR ACUMINATE, MARGINS CRENATE-SERRATE WITH ALTERNATE, SHORT TEETH, GLABRATE OR THINLY STELLATE-HAIRY ON BOTH SURFACES, PALMATELY 5-7 VEINED. |
FLOWERS |
AXILLARY, 1.3-1.5 CM ACROSS, PALE YELLOW, SOLITARY ON JOINTED PEDICELS 1.2-3.8 CM LONG IN THE AXILS OF LEAVES OR IN PAIRS ON SHORT BRANCHLETS. |
FRUITS |
MERICARPS 5, 2-2.5 MM LONG, GLABROUS OR SHORTLY HAIRY AT APEX, USUALLY AWNLESS. |
SEEDS |
2 MM LONG, OVOID, BROWNISH-BLACK, GLABROUS. |